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Brain and nerves
Memory, dementia, Parkinson's — where the honest answer is usually not a supplement
Memory, dementia, Parkinson's disease. This section is largely a record of negative results: omega-3, ginkgo, and most antioxidants failed to prevent cognitive decline in large randomised trials despite positive observational associations. That is worth knowing rather than depressing — it means the money and the hope belong in exercise, blood pressure control, sleep and hearing, which do have evidence.
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Hearing and vision: the modifiable risks nobody talks about
Hearing loss is a modifiable dementia risk factor. That is a surprising and important finding.
guideParkinson's disease and movement disorders
Exercise has the best adjunct evidence. Mucuna contains levodopa and is a dosing hazard.
guideRestless legs syndrome
Iron status is the most treatable cause and the most commonly missed. This is one of the few places a ferritin really matters.
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